Solved [HELP] Android saves

Megstar79

Megstar79

Tiller
I just reset my Android device (Google Pixel 4 XL) I made sure to backup my SDV saves beforehand in Google Drive After downloading SDV again I tried moving the backed up saves back to where I found them originally. But that didn't work. The game isnt recognizing them. Please help!
Thank you,
Megan
 
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Laissez_Faire_Farming

Laissez_Faire_Farming

Farmer
I have a question,
You mention "the game isn't recognizing them"
Have you followed this instruction before?
Specifically the "find your save files" in the Android section.

Saves - Stardew Valley Wiki

The game saves progress when the in-game day ends, i.e., when the farmer goes to bed, collapses from exhaustion, or collapses at 2am. All progress during a day is lost if the player quits the game without ending the day. In multiplayer, the game saves after all players click through the prompts...
stardewcommunitywiki.com stardewcommunitywiki.com
 
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Megstar79

Megstar79

Tiller
I have my backed up saves in Google Drive. When I reinstalled the game I grabbed the files from Drive and moved them into the game folder. When I start the game and go to LOAD there is nothing there. Am I missing something?
 
CryogenCrystals

CryogenCrystals

Farmer
Some folks find they need to first create another dummy game (with a different name) inside the new install, and then save that, before the game "sees" the old saves in the save folder, not sure why. Maybe give that a try?

I think Laissez_Faire_Farming's link is to help to make sure you put the files back in exactly the same place, files inside its corresponding named sub folder as described in the link provided, since sometimes people put them in funny places or, will copy just the files out of the contents, and not the whole folder, or not putting the files themselves back into the same self-named sub folder. If you're certain you've done that, then the creating a new game step might work.

Good luck! Let us know if it show up :) 🤞🍀
 
Laissez_Faire_Farming

Laissez_Faire_Farming

Farmer
Megstar79 said:
I created a dummy save just after reinstalling...here are my screenshots...My saves on my phone (the bottom 2 are the ones I'm having trouble with ).let me know if anything looks wrong
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The megan_291980949 is prefectly fine. I am not sure with other files.
It looks like you did a great a job following the instruction.
If other saved files look similar to megan_291980949, you are doing fine.

I don't have an android. What really bothers me is the "SaveGameInfo.a" file's name. – I have never seen these before.... I find it weird how the files are labeled.
Most of the devices such as Mac, Iphone, and Windows have "SaveGameInfo" instead of "SaveGameInfo.a"
I am curious if you could remove ".a" to see if your game is working. –just experiment to see if it is working.

Make sure your file looked like this
Megan_291980949
SaveGameInfo
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Report me back if it is working or not.
 
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